SAS Code to Read in the ASCII SIPP 2001 Wave 8 Food Security Data File data temp; infile 'd:\foodsecu\sipp\sipp01w8fs.dat' lrecl=22; *modify path and filename in accordance with file location in your system; input @1 ssuid $ 12. /* first two variables are to match by 1998 household */ @13 shhadid 2. @15 aafdsec 1. /* flag indicating if any of the scale variables was imputed */ @16 rafsraw 1. /* household food security raw score */ @17 rafsscal f5.2 /* household food security scale score (interval-level measure) */ @22 rafsstat 1.; /* household food security status category (categorical measure) */ run; proc freq data=temp; tables aafdsec rafsraw rafsscal rafsstat; title1 ‘Run 8: HH in ascii public-use file, unweighted'; run; *match this SAS data set to the SIPP 2001 Wave 8 Topical Module Data File by SSUID and SHHADID;